Brazen Hussies ~ 4th of July!!!

IS AMERICA GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAAAAAAT?

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, DARLINGS!!!!!!

Hussiedom has many surfing visitors from other lands and we hope they forgive us this U.S. of A. centered Dish ~~ actually, if anyone DOESN'T like it, don't let the cyber door hit you on the way out.

Anyhoo, we are dressed in red, white and blue (SHEESH! you are nosy... red stilettos, a white to-die-for sundress and baby blue undies... but we digress.)

We are zipping off to peruse a kiddie parade, eat veggie burgers at poolside, and, tonight, watch the hot Hotlanta sky explode with magical fireworks (OkokokokokoKAY, we may start some fireworks of our own, but they won't be from pyrotechnics, if you get our drift...)

Yes, on this very dia, our forefathers and foremothers said, "That's it! We are OUTTA here..." and one of the wildest, nuttiest, bravest, boldest and most free countries in history was born. Of course, it wasn't and isn't perfect ~ but it is, by and large, grand. And despite all the threats hanging over the U.S. of A. this particular week, Americans keep on keeping on ~ we're basically a feisty, fabulous, ferocious-for-freedom-when-necessary lot.

Want to celebrate the dia with a cinematic break? If you've already rented "Patriot" and even "Independence Day" one tiempo to many, here's a suggestion: the oft overlooked but delicious-as-apple-pie-and-watermelon musical, "1776". It came out in l972, based on the Broadway show of the same title, and with a cast of mostly stage thespians who sing, banter, fight, and generally look FABO in those costumes (don't miss Blythe Danner as the luminous and slightly b*tchy Martha Jefferson and Ken Howard as her sexy and smarty pants hubby, Thomas. And Howard Da Silva is the PERFECTO Benjamin Franklin)

Here are some snippets from that flick to get you in the "l776" mood... And to show you, it's a FUN patriotic romp, sweeties.

(Thomas Jefferson's wife comes to visit and they immediately zip behind closed doors for some "afternoon delight")

John Adams: Good God, you don't mean they... they're... not going to... in the middle of the afternoon?!!!

Ben Franklin: Not everyone's from Boston, John.

Ben Franklin: What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a great man before?

John Dickinson: Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Hopkins, Dr. Franklin, why have you joined this... incendiary little man, this BOSTON radical? This demagogue, this MADMAN?

John Adams: Are you calling me a madman, you, you... You... FRIBBLE!

Ben Franklin: Easy John.

John Adams: You cool, considerate men. You hang to the rear on every issue so that if we should go under, you'll still remain afloat!

John Dickinson: Are you calling me a coward?

John Adams: Yes... coward!

John Dickinson: Madman!

John Adams: Landlord!

John Dickinson: LAWYER!

Abigail Adams: I never asked for much, afterall, I am Mrs. John Adams. That's quite enough for one lifetime.

JohnAdams: Is it?

Abigail: Well think John, to be married to the man who is always first in line to be hanged!

John Adams: I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress!!

John Adams, praying: A little flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair. But no, you send us Congress! Good God, sir, was that fair?

John Adams: This is a revolution, dammit! We're going to have to offend SOMEBODY!!!

And if you need some quotes about America to dazzle your friends and neighbors at your 4th of July soiree, throw out a couple of these...

"America's the only fabulous country; where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time." ~~ Thomas Wolfe.

"Americans may be violent, greedy and colonialist, but my God, it's interesting!" ~~ Paul Newman

"America is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea." ~~ John Gunther

"The trouble with this country is that there are too many going about saying. 'The trouble with this country is....' " ~~ Sinclair Lewis

"I don 't give a sh*t about the Italian lira!" ~~ President Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon

We just threw that last one in to see if you are paying attention... Oh, and since we are inexplicably short on FEMME quotes here, let us zip in with this very American philosophy expressed by Alice Roosevelt Longworth back in l952:

"I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. empty what's full. And scratch what itches."

We are sure Alice is partying at that Great Barbecue in the Sky... and we wish everyone everywhere a glorious and safe fourth.

We'll end with a quote from the REAL Thomas Jefferson... an idea that Hussiedom was, in part, founded on...

"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing!"

As we say down south, amen, brothers and sisters... AMEN!!!!

We'll be back soon with new Dish ~~ AND new Hussiescopes and show biz Gossip. So zip back tomorrow and see! In the meantime, go out there and do something so BRAZEN people exclaim,

"Now THAT hussy is a firecracker!!!"